Caterina and Filippo

2 weeks after Caterina & Filippo's wedding in Sicily, they flew to California for their honeymoon to see California. Caterina brought her wedding gown and Filippo his tux for a photo shoot in San Francisco. They wanted some wonderful shots of San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge in the background. We were so lucky San Francisco had the best weather that day! Click on their photo album below to see more of their photos.

Then they wanted more shots in Sonoma for more of their honeymoon adventure.  They were such a delight to be with.

The Night of the Henna

It is celebrated by most groups in the areas where henna grew naturally: Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Christians are among the cultures that celebrated marriages by adorning the bride, and often the groom, with henna.

Both the bride and groom had henna decorated on their hands.

The henna tradition used to adorn their hands in preparation to meet their husbands widely popular in the Mediterranean and middle eastern culture. Their intricate and quite decorative is quite beautiful to photograph.
The henna in this bride is much darker, which I believe they used the black henna. 

Semaya and Alomary

It was a pleasure to meet Semaya and Alomary.

They were quite shy and so sweet and tender to each other.